In recent years, the concept of Regional Innovation Systems has evolved into a widely used analytical framework generating the empirical foundation for innovation policy making. Yet, the approaches utilizing this framework remain ambiguous on such key issues as the territorial dimension of...

Services have expanded rapidly over last twenty years and they play a dominant role in advanced economies today. The economic research reflects these structural changes by increasing interest in integrating services into the traditional value chain. This study aims at creating conceptual...

Economic and social cohesion is an expression of solidarity between the Member States and regions of the European Union. The aim is balanced development throughout the EU, reducing structural disparities between regions and promoting equal opportunities for all. The new concept of territorial...

This work presents 3 case studies from the Czech Republic based on a long term qualitative research. The main issue under study is a description of peripheral municipalities and their neighbors in terms of everyday life, history and future of these places.

New approaches are being searched for to assess regional policy in connection with the specification of a new paradigm of regional development. The article pays attention to the assurance of a sustainable growth rate of economies in Czech regions. The methodological base of the solution is a...

More than 30% of the population lives in less favoured areas in the Czech Republic. These areas are characterized by a number of limitations such as shorter growing season, lower average annual temperature, the worse traffic conditions, higher environmental protection and others. Sustainable...

In the area of agricultural policy and the balanced growth of the countryside, the European Union promotes technological development and creation of jobs in ways that fulfil the criteria of ecological sustainability. The latest reforms to the Common Agricultural Policy are focused on the...

Predkladaný príspevok stručne popisuje zo strednodobého hľadiska vývoj jednotlivých kľúčových oblastí ekonomiky a zároveň poskytuje širší a komplexnejší pohľad na ekonomickú pozíciu Slovenska ako členskej krajiny Európskej únie v rámci spoločného ekonomického...

Czech Abstract: Tato studie se zabývá teoretickými a praktickými aspekty mobility jako služby (MaaS) v oblasti komunitního transportu. Využívá konceptu smart dopravy a zaměřuje se na oblasti kolem metropolí, které díky tzv. procesu dezurbanizace mají čím dál tím více...